Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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... martyrdom . Shakespeare's Catholic readers probably would not have recog- nized the specific literary connections between Southwell's works and Lucrece . They would not have been aware that St. Peter's re- fusal of martyrdom ( in St ...
... martyrdom . Shakespeare's Catholic readers probably would not have recog- nized the specific literary connections between Southwell's works and Lucrece . They would not have been aware that St. Peter's re- fusal of martyrdom ( in St ...
Page 136
... martyrdom than is his Humble Supplication and much less infused with worldly pru- dence . Since Southwell addresses the work to those marked for martyrdom themselves and not to those who have the power to take away their lives , he sees ...
... martyrdom than is his Humble Supplication and much less infused with worldly pru- dence . Since Southwell addresses the work to those marked for martyrdom themselves and not to those who have the power to take away their lives , he sees ...
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... martyrdom to the mar- tyrs without despising them . Otherwise an utterly incongruous topic in All's Well , martyrdom must have been alluded to because it belonged to the memories that the play was meant to revive ; and the resurrected ...
... martyrdom to the mar- tyrs without despising them . Otherwise an utterly incongruous topic in All's Well , martyrdom must have been alluded to because it belonged to the memories that the play was meant to revive ; and the resurrected ...
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